Hopefully handling and fitment can go together. 135i fun.

[TechnoV]

As soon as I saw, that you drove with 2 (! in Words: TWO) RWB, I immidiatly started to **** you.
JK. Awesome Thread. Awesome Photos. And also: I need meatier tires, like you.
Car looks awesome!

Come out to California, we have plenty of them

Car looks great man, good luck with the dealer.
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Somehow I survived the dealer

Great story. Hope the turbos get sorted soon. I also hope that the fitment/handling thing becomes the next trend.

Same here on both.

Lmao that FRZ is Elvis Skenders car! The founder of Stance Nation

The guys over there told me about it. The spring are so so so small in those 326Power coilovers and they are some crazy spring rate. I honestly cant see it ride well. lol

UPDATE

Dealer Trip

So, as stated above, my turbos blew on the 135 while I was on the Rallye



Since I have extended warranty on the car I decided to take it into the dealer. I assumed this process will be painful and time consuming. Maybe I should have taken the stickers off before dropping it off but I had no time.

Tuesday
I got to Stevens Creek BMW and the service advisor I got was amazing. He checked in the car, copied all my extended warranty info and he pushed all the paperwork and even contacted them. He set up an appointment with them and told them the car was in for blown turbos and they diagnosed them as blown turbos as well.

Wednesday
The extended warranty had an adjuster out there the next day. My service advisor helped him out to get any info he needed. The adjuster was super experienced with this process. He recorded the exhaust sound and start up, he had them pull off the under tray and he took photos of everything on my car including the coilovers and tires/wheels. My advisor said that was a bit weird about the coilovers/wheels/tires but he said he still has faith in them covering it.

Thursday 8:30AM
I got a call at 8:30am. Best news ever. He said the insurance company called and approved the turbos.
I was super excited. He said they won't cover 2 return lines and I would have to pay my deductible for $200

Here we go. Since I told him I would do a write up on it, he took down my cell number and I told him to text me on the process. I thought they would take 1 week to get this done but...

Thursday 9:12AM
Car is up on the lift and ready to go





Thursday 11:15AM
I'm just as blown away about all this as you. Turbos are off



The old turbos and the fact that they were leaking



Brand Spanking New Goodness!!!





Thursday 11:55AM
Turbos are on. yay



Thursday 2:05PM
He sends me a photo of the car and said, "It's all back together and running. It's warming up. We are checking all your fluids as well and topping everything off"



Thursday 2:45PM
Tells me the test drive went perfect. Car is 100% fixed. They are putting it through the wash it's ready for pick up....READY FOR PICK UP. This is all in one day. ONE DAY.



Crazy. My car was given to the dealer on Tuesday and I'm picking it up on Thursday. Total of 3 days for them to diagnose, get the work approved and do the work. I was speechless. I've never had this great for a dealer experience before.

At 4:30PM I got there, signed my paperwork, paid the $357 I owed and I picked up my awesome new turbos car BTW Derek (my service adviser) told me since the new turbos got installed by the dealer, they are now covered under BMW warranty for 2 years unlimited miles....YES! Thats awesome.

[TechnoV]

UPDATE

WHAT HAVE I DONE???????

[BuFFyZA]

That is amazing service! That dealership is legit!

[nsogiba]

glad you got the snails fixed in a hurry! what's next?!

[TechnoV]

That is amazing service! That dealership is legit!

I still can't believe it went that smooth.

glad you got the snails fixed in a hurry! what's next?!

Kinda what's next (maybe on some stuff)
- Different Coilovers (already in motion)
- GTS front lip (most likely a rep)
- GTS rear wing
- front swaybar (either M3 or eibach)
- Get some 3 piece wheels back on
- Clubracer brake pads

all that being said

UPDATE
JRZ RS-PRO Cleanup

So my plan was to pull the coilovers apart, clean everything, re-lube everything and reassemble. As I got ready to do just that I saw this.......F*UK!!!





So now let's pull everything apart and examine the damage. I can see both tops are ruined but now to find out the extent of the damage and WHY this occurred. One is clearly snapped all the way through and the other is almost fully broken.



Everything is apart and separated.





I called Ground Control to talk to them about the damage. Dustin picked up the phone and was great to deal with. He had me email him photos. After looking at the photos he knew the WHY of the situation and the solution so it never happens again. A lot of shops and people order JRZ's and put them together themselves. The shop that assembles these never put in bumpstops. So when the spring fully loads over bumps the spring top hat takes the hit. I went over all the pieces with him and I purchased only what was broken.

Here is the break down



Here are the pieces I ordered from Ground Control. They got here in 2 days. Awesome service. He included extra o rings and lube



Here are the pieces I was able to salvage



Here is the assembly line up



New o rings on



Bearings getting put in and lubed





Done with the top hats



Cleaning the camber plate fish eye



All apart and clean



Fully Reassembled



I hope the one piece inverted rears feel good
Install is going today after work.

[Nuts]

Very nice Bud!!!

[TechnoV]

UPDATE
JRZ Install

So here goes. Let's start off by cleaning the messy garage



Almost clean...



And clean



This lift works great and since we have 4 cars we do our own work and friends seem to come over all the time as well......the lift makes perfect sense.

Slide under the car, make sure the rubber blocks go under the jacking points



push up on a button and...





I've done this install a few times now so it's super easy besides this part. The driver side reservoir is a paint to pass through on the 135i cause of the charge pipe and DV's are in the way. It's ok, I'm not doing it



New stuff is in



these damn quick releases for the externals are so nice



Greasing the rear shock joints



Coolest thing I've ever seen on my garage floor. External reservoir party



No more bottom bushing in the rear control arms





The solid rear top



True coilover inverted rears



One rear shock left



DONE! Honestly I did not get the ride height perfect the first time. The lift went up and down a few time



Also had 20 min before they closed to get alignment, yes!



Went for a quick drive to adjust some of the settings. Started off at full soft and first dialed in the compression then the rebound. It feels incredible. The 135i understeer is 100% gone, it's like it was never an issue, the car feels smooth and turn in is excellent. I still need a few minor tweaks. The front compression is 1 from full stiff which means there is not enough Nitrogen in the reservoirs. I'm going to take the car in tomorrow and have a raceshop check the pressures. I have a feeling they are all under 100. That being said 550 and 650 as spring rates work amazing. I had 700lb springs in the rear before but since it was not a true coilover, it's half that. So from 350 to 650 rear jump... car feels just as smooth as before.

[becausephilchow]

Ugh, so jealous of all your cars!

Love, love love!

[BuFFyZA]

So much win!!

Car looks superb!

[TechnoV]

Ugh, so jealous of all your cars!
Love, love love!

So much win!!
Car looks superb!

Thanks guys

UPDATE
Still setting up the coilovers, more parts

So I ordered this. This is trouble. For the ones who know... Its 2 step with WOT (wide open throttle) add-on for my JB4 tune. I'll be honest, it's more for fun feature than use since I don't drag race.



Back on the JRZ topic. They ride great and feel good but after doing a few up and down mountain runs I'm officially at the top of the Compression range. It should not be that way so, they are most likely low on Nitrogen.



I decided to give one of my buddies a call. Some of you may know him from Formula Drift. If I end up going to a round I always shoot photos of him, he's the local hommie. Matt Field.



And the car... my eyes always hurt after editing about 40 of these. This car it too damn bright



Matts dad races Trophy Trucks and they adjust their shocks with Nitrogen. So I went by and the pressures in the shocks from the previous owner were a joke.

Front:
L 25psi R 29psi
Rear:
L 97psi R 86psi

So we decided to let all the old stuff out and put new Nitrogen in.

All the air out



200PSI in



The ride changed 100% now. So I now have to start all over again. The ride is really stiff now so I might go down to 150psi or 175psi.

[becausephilchow]

Interesting, I didn't know you could just add/adjust them that easily?

Mad jealous that you have access and knowledge of all this stuff. I really need to learn more, haha.

[BuFFyZA]

Interesting, I didn't know you could just add/adjust them that easily?

Mad jealous that you have access and knowledge of all this stuff. I really need to learn more, haha.

Don't we all...

I feel dumb most days looking at this forum!

[TechnoV]

Interesting, I didn't know you could just add/adjust them that easily?
Mad jealous that you have access and knowledge of all this stuff. I really need to learn more, haha.

Don't we all...
I feel dumb most days looking at this forum!

Don't worry guys. I had this stuff explained to me also. I had no clue about the nitrogen either. It's always a learning experience with car stuff.

UPDATE
Had a buddy come over, played with my JRZ's

Had my buddy swing by with his M3. He decided to go true coilover in the rear also.



Lift on the highest level



Pulling off the old inboard springs



My bad! Cool guy with this CAE shifter



Well, guess I'm not that cool with my 2 way JRZ RS Pros. He's got Nitron 3 ways. Compression has high and low speed adjustment. So cool.

Fronts have the reservoirs on the body



While he was working on his rear suspension I installed his tow strap and cut the hole for the cover.



And there we have it. True rear coilovers



And the rear location on the reservoirs





We need to raise the rear about a inch but other than that its good.
We might have a BMW problem. Parked the wagon in my neighbors driveway since he's away for the weekend... makes it look like "he's home"



So I got my own shock gauge. 200psi rides/handles good but the ride is a bit harsh. A few buddies told me to go down on the pressure. Rather than jumping straight to 150 and then having to add Nitrogen I decided to go down in increments of 10psi.



This is where I'm going to stay at. The ride quality is officially better than stock, its handles great and the height is perfect.



Current settings:

Front:
160PSI
550lb Hyperco Springs
Compression: 7/12
Rebound:6/22

Rear:
180PSI
650lb Hyperco Springs
Compression: 6/12
Rebound: 6/22

[becausephilchow]

Fuuuuck. So jealous that you have a lift in your garage and all the tools to get everything done yourself.

I miss those days when I used to be able to do that, haha.

[Back_in_Black]

btw: what lift is that? Searching for a portable one..